[Jimmy Sanders]

What makes you say that about the 1/3″ chips?

I’m finding that the major difference with the chip size is basically depth of field. I’ve been looking at the 16mm film lens adaptor for use in situations where I would want a shallow DOF. (It would be a lot shallower than a 2/3″ chip I’m sure.

I believe these chips have more native resolution than several of the Panasoic 2/3″ cameras.

How do you like the 17x lens?
Also, are you liking the quality you’re getting to DVD? I would love to hear what you were using before, and how you’re liking the upgrade…

Any drawbacks, benefits etc. would be helpful.

Thanks!

Jimmy

[Jimmy Sanders]

Jerry,

I don’t know. I’ve never seen one for less that $9k without the lens. You can get a 110 for around there or less I believe.

By the way it will be a studio setup for broadcast. We’ll capture straight to a fcp station in the studio, then transfer to the edit bay for finishing.

[Jimmy Sanders]

I’m looking at the same setup. What are you masteing your services to? HDV?

If so, do you have dropout issues.
I’ve never used the JVC cameras, but have used Z1U’s
Drop outs weren’t too frequent, but on a master tape it would be a problem if they occured at all.

Also Dave, I went to your site… the video I saw was only one camera. What happened to the other two?

Thanks in advance.

[Jimmy Sanders]

Uh,

Huge question there. If you’re in that price range you have several options. I’ve got a friend, does everything on that camera. Recently shot a couple music videos with $50k – $70k budgets using a 35mm adapter and prime lenses. He loves it.

There are just so many options. What’s important to you? Ergenomics, image quality, interchangeable lenses, resolution??? etc…

As far as longevity… sure. You could still be making stuff on that camera in 5 years, but if you really want longevity you could spend 3-4x as much and get a Red with a nice lens. Maybe last you 10 years or more.

I’ve got a PD150 that’s about 5 years old that still holds its own.

Bottom line is no camera is going to get you in “the workplace” by itself. If you’ve got a good reel you could always rent cameras per job. Really depends on what you want to do. Shoot weddings? Commercials? Shorts? Get big on You Tube? (you could do that with a handycam!)

Hope that helps.